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Washington Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
‘Hacks' Season 4 finale explained: ‘There wasn't any other way to go'
This story contains spoilers about the Season 4 finale of 'Hacks.' When Merrill Markoe was the head writer for NBC's 'Late Night With David Letterman' in the 1980s, she used to stand by the studio doors to watch the host deliver jokes to the audience. Her heart felt like it was pounding out of her chest.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Music Review: The National singer Matt Berninger's 'Get Sunk' can't swim solo. It doesn't need to
Matt Berninger's brooding, droning baritone is difficult to separate from The National. His second solo album, 'Get Sunk,' doesn't diverge much from the alt-rock band he's fronted for more than a quarter-century. And why should it? The National's sad-dad brand exists in the bittersweet spot between Berninger's complex lyrics and a melodic versatility. And 'Get Sunk' sounds more like an extension of the band's catalog than a self-serving experiment for a restless songwriter. It works on both levels — with the album's familiar, upbeat electric guitar-escapes. But when compared to his band's repertoire, 'Get Sunk' runs out of steam. Even with his consistently clever lyrics, a couple of lethargic songs can drag down a 10-track lineup. The record arrives a few years after a struggle with pandemic-driven depression, as he detailed in an interview with David Letterman. Berninger was hit by a bad case of writer's block after his first solo record, 'Serpentine Prison,' came out in 2020. The National's release of two new albums five months apart in 2023, after a four-year hiatus, helped thaw some of Berninger's frozen creativity. His family moved from California to Connecticut that year, too, further aiding his reset; he began reading and painting in the fresh air. On 'Get Sunk,' the third track, 'Bonnet of Pins,' brings a hard edge, evoking the band's 'The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness' record from 2017. 'Get Sunk' producer Sean O'Brien cranks on the guitar. Drummer Sterling Laws does his best impression of The National stalwart Bryan Devendorf. Julia Laws, whose indie rock band Ronboy has been touring with Berninger, sings backup on this smoky, stressful encounter with an ex-lover. 'It's a cup trick shell game, it's a puff of smoke/And it gets me every time, it's a pretty good joke,' Berninger sings. 'I know that you miss me, I know that you miss me/This stuff takes a lifetime.' With the infectious opener 'Inland Ocean' bursting with a reverbed guitar that pulsates throughout the song, 'Get Sunk' gets revved up right away. Even on the downbeat 'Nowhere Special,' Berninger is at his songwriting best ambling through a rant about an on-again, off-again relationship: 'A bat can haul our recording equipment into the woods/I know we shouldn't but I feel like we should.' The closer, 'Times of Difficulty,' is tailor-made for a live-show singalong with the chant 'Get drunk! Get sunk! Forget! Get wet!' that marks Berninger's search for clarity and creativity. Much like The National's 2019 album 'I Am Easy to Find,' which brought in several women to pair vocals with his gravelly baritone, 'Get Sunk' follows suit. Laws sings on eight of the 10 tracks, and Meg Duffy of the band Hand Habits joins Berninger on the sentimental 'Frozen Oranges.' The sleepiness of 'Frozen Oranges' is also the first warning there's just not enough energy to cover a whole album, not quite enough strength for 'Get Sunk' to swim on its own. Berninger will be forever intertwined with The National, a connection there's no need to undo. ___ For more AP reviews of recent music releases, visit:
USA Today
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Does David Letterman have Indy 500 car? Former late-night host co-owns IndyCar team
Does David Letterman have Indy 500 car? Former late-night host co-owns IndyCar team Show Caption Hide Caption Takuma Sato starts middle of Row 1 for Indy 500 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Takuma Sato will start in the middle of row one for this year's Indianapolis 500. "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" never gets old for David Letterman. The former TV talk show host first jumped into the IndyCar ownership ranks in 2004 – at almost the exact midpoint of his 22-year run on CBS's "The Late Show with David Letterman." From the start, he's partnered with former Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal in what's now known as Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL). A native of Indianapolis, Letterman, 78, has said his earliest memory of the Indy 500 goes back to 1955 when he'd listen to the race on the radio with his family at their home, just miles away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. And once again, he'll be back home in Indiana for this year's 500, which takes place Sunday, May 25. Has David Letterman ever won the Indy 500? If you mean the racing team Letterman co-owns, then yes. Buddy Rice won the Indy 500 in 2004 for Rahal Letterman Racing, and Takuma Sato won it in 2020 for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers in 2025 Indy 500 David Letterman's team will have four drivers in the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. Takuma Sato , a two-time Indy 500 (2017 and 2020), posted the second-fastest time in qualifying. He will start in the middle of the front row in the No. 75 RLLR Honda. , a two-time Indy 500 (2017 and 2020), posted the second-fastest time in qualifying. He will start in the middle of the front row in the No. 75 RLLR Honda. Devlin DeFrancesco , a 25-year-old Canadian driver, is in his first season with RLL. He qualified 16th in the No. 30 Honda , a 25-year-old Canadian driver, is in his first season with RLL. He qualified 16th in the No. 30 Honda Louis Foster: The British driver is a rookie in the IndyCar Series and will make his Indy 500 debut on Sunday. He starts 20th in the No. 45 RLLR Honda. The British driver is a rookie in the IndyCar Series and will make his Indy 500 debut on Sunday. He starts 20th in the No. 45 RLLR Honda. Graham Rahal, the son of team owner Bobby Rahal and a six-time IndyCar series winner, is in his 18th season on the IndyCar circuit. He will start 28th in the No. 15 RLLR Honda. (Fun fact: Graham Rahal once presented a Top 10 list on Letterman's "Late Show" in 2013.) How did David Letterman get into owning an IndyCar team? In a recent interview with the Indianapolis Star, Letterman discusses how special the Indy 500 was in the life of his family and friends. "I saw every weekend this kid named Bobby Rahal running up front. I started following him and was attracted to 'the guy,' not so typical of the drivers I was familiar with as a younger person. When he won in '86, he came on ("Late Night with David Letterman"), and that was the beginning of our acquaintance, and it developed into a friendship, and I would attend races around the country when I had time off. From that, he was nice enough to let me come in and be a bit of a partnership on the team." Also in that interview, Letterman talks about what it was like to be part of the winning team at The Brickyard in 2004 and 2017. David Letterman's first Indy 500 A few years ago, Letterman told the story of the first time he ever attended the Indianapolis 500 in person. In an interview with NBC Sports, Letterman revealed it was in 1966, when he was a student at Ball State University. "(A) buddy of mine from Ball State, we drove down, and we found a old piece of Samsonite luggage. A big, like six-suiter or something, and we put as much beer in it as we could. And as the day heated up, all the ice melted, and we had a waterfall going down. And people beneath us [were like], 'What? Where is this?' And of course it was the idiots, the drunks, sitting up there." 2025 Indy 500 starting lineup See where Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers are on the starting grid. (Car number in parentheses, followed by driver, team, manufacturer; R=rookie; W=former winner) (83) Robert Shwartzman (R), Prema Racing, Chevrolet (75) Takuma Sato (W), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (5) Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (9) Scott Dixon (W), Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (60) Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (10) Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (4) David Malukas, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet (7) Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (28) Marcus Ericsson (W), Andretti Global, Honda (3) Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske, Chevrolet (76) Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet (20) Alexander Rossi (W), Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet (8) Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (33) Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet (14) Santino Ferrucci, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet (30) Devlin DeFrancesco, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (77) Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet (21) Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet (17) Kyle Larson, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (45) Louis Foster (R), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (90) Callum Ilott, Prema Racing, Chevrolet (06) Helio Castroneves (W), Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global, Honda (6) Nolan Siegel (R), Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay (W), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports, Chevrolet (24) Jack Harvey, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports, Chevrolet (26) Colton Herta, Andretti Global, Honda (15) Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (98) Marco Andretti, Andretti Global, Honda (66) Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (18) Rinus Veekay, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda *(2) Josef Newgarden (W), Team Penske, Chevrolet *(12) Will Power (W), Team Penske, Chevrolet *Newgarden and Power were moved to the back of the grid for their team illegally modifying cars during qualifying Watch the Indy 500 with Fubo How to watch the Indy 500: Date, time, TV and streaming
The Herald
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald
'I have babies, and I have to live', Kim Kardashian told Paris robbers, stylist tells court
When the robbers left and Kardashian joined her downstairs, 'she was beside herself, I've never seen her like that before', Harouche said. 'She was screaming and kept saying, 'we need to get out of here, we need help — what are we going to do if they come back?'' Harouche cried at times during her testimony and said she had changed careers and underwent therapy because of the robbery, which she said caused her post-traumatic stress and made her fearful of being around celebrities. In 2020 Kardashian told US talk show host David Letterman about the heist in an interview, fighting back tears as she recalled her fears of being raped that night. 'They kept on saying 'the ring, the ring',' Kardashian said. 'I kept looking at the concierge,' she continued, referring to the concierge of the exclusive hotel who had been forced at gunpoint to lead the gang to her apartment. 'I was like, 'Are we gonna die? Just tell them I have children, I have babies, I have to get home'.' Yunice Abbas, 71, who is among the 10 suspects standing trial, many in their late 60s or 70s and dubbed 'the grandpa gang', has told French media he and others who took part in the robbery did not know who Kardashian was.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Kim Kardashian in court live: Reality star to give evidence in her Paris robbery trial
The robbery in Kim Kardashian's words Image source, Getty Images Kim Kardashian has spoken several times about the armed robbery since it happened in 2016. She first addressed it on her family's reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, a year after it happened. "I heard pounding up the stairs,' she tells her sisters in the episode, and then described looking outside her door. 'I saw two guys holding another guy down in police uniforms right outside of my bedroom.' At the time, her bodyguard was at a club with Kim's sisters Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian. The men used a receptionist to gain entry to the star's room. A man came in and threw her on the bed, she explained. In a later interview with US chat show host David Letterman, she said the men kept shouting at her asking for jewellery. She handed it to them and was then pulled towards one of the men. Since the ordeal, she has spoken several times about being scared to be alone.
